Man-O-War War Horse - "Thunderbox" 5-string Cigar Box Bass
Challenge...accepted! I've never actually owned a 5-string bass before, and have only worked on a couple over the years, but when an opportunity arose to create a 5-string cigar box bass for our friend (and someone we consider family) Adam, I thought, "okay, I can do this". Having recently finished my first CBB (Cigar Box Bass), I luckily developed a technique that worked pretty well, and logic dictates that aside from a wider neck heel, wider bridge and wider pickups, the methodology would be the same. I was up for the challenge, and knew it needed to be special. So I chose a little swankier-looking box, sourced a 5-string neck, and got to work. When I say "blood, sweat and tears" went into this one, I mean it, because this is the one I was working on when my router decided to take a bite out of my finger (I might have to post pictures of that accident, it was quite scary and I thought I'd never play again). But seeing how happy Mr. Campbell was when I ha...
